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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31
GOING TO TAKE HER BACK.

"Why, Jasper, you are not going to move away, are you" said promi- neDt citizen, speaking to old Jasper Miller, who, few months before, had taken charge of the old Milliken place. He had gained such respect in the neighborhood, had voted with the white people, and had so vigorously declared himself against saloons, that the prohlbitlonisls held him in high esteem.
 "Yas, sab, gwine erway," Jasper re. piled, as he stood adjusting the head board of an old bedlstead which he had just placed upon q wagon.
 Don't you like the neigbborhood?"
 "Oh, yas, sah, Hnes' neighborhood eber seed"
 "You are pleased with the land, surely"
 "Neber seed easier laus ter wuck den dis yere."
 "Then why are you going away"
 The old man pointed at the house and slowly shook his head. "Dsr's de trouble" said he; "dat lady in dar liner wife"
 "Don't like t here, sh?"
 "No, aah, no; but I wouidn' mine she liked it UT not ef shc'd les keep her m0nf shet an not talk er- bout 1t all de time. But dat ain't de way wid CT 'oman, ssh. Er oman Ain't satisfied wid not iikfn' CT thing herself, but she must try ter make ader folks 'spizs 1t. I sw'sr dosn know why she wanter go back down wander in Hankins county. LsHs 70 poor down dar dat yer got ter stir 1t like CT kittie Q soap putty nigh ail ds
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31
WHY HE LIKED IT.

Editor (to friend)-"IIaye you seer my Christmas number?"
 Friend-"Yes."
 Editor-"What do you think of itY'
 FrieDd-"Looks very we'll"
 Editor with shade of disappoint- ment on his face)-@T am highly pleased with it. think 1t is ever so much better than my last years holi- day number"
 Friend--"I don't think so."
 Editor-"What, don't think 90! Why, this number is all original, while the last one was mostly made up of clippings"
 Friend-"Yes, that's the reason like the last one"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31
HIS REFORMATION.

There Is, in Kentucky, an inebriate asylum where every ything the patient eats or drinks Is seasoned with whisky This method, it was thought, would inspire such disgust for liquor that the patient, when discharged, would be only too glad to drink unpolluted spring water. Some time ago old Jethro Mills, drunkard of well known thirst and capacity, was sent to that asy lum Some oi his friends remonstrate,l with Mrs. Mills. "Such treatment will al- most kill him." they declared. "Ab Wilson who was there while, says that lie came within one of dying. No matter which way he turned there was the scent of whisky 10 gag him Don't, we beg of you, infict such Il cruel punishment on your husband Madam, we speak from experience when we say that after the human system begins to rebel against whisky, therr is no greater punishment than its rctching iumes."
 Mrs. Mills, being a strong minded woman, did not yield to the entreaty, but sent the old man to the asylum Several months afterward the old fel- low returned, and, some one who was anxious of testing the strength of his enforced reformation, asked lim if he felt like going over to the saloon and taking little something.
 Wall" said old Mills, "b'rcve PH fine you. Amt sioh powerful hai,d fur ticker, but I ginei'ly take little this time O day"
 They went over to the saloon, and while the barkeepcr was "mixin' the nominated pizen," one of the boys asked him how he liked the asylum.
 Wall, Jimmie," said he, "takin' 1t all in all, 1t Is putty good sorter place."
 "Pnt whisky in everything, didn't they?"
 "Yas, they made A stagger in that direction. 1 only found fault with one thing"
 "What was thatI"
 "They didn't put quite enough Ticker in the soup. Wy, boys, had to drink about dozen platefuls be- fore gunter feel it, which you know wuz imposin' nightly on a ole man."
 "How was the coffeef'
 "Done putty well. reckon thar wuz about tablespoonful Q Ticker to each cup. Not enough, you know. but it showed that the superintendent was disposed to act squar'. Wall, here's hopin'."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31

"I4et him bleed. He wanted diff. fikilty, now let him waller in it."
 Both of the men hao ceased to strug- gle, still, llensloy would permit no one to approach them. Some of the mortified workmen took up their coats and turned away from tho sickcning sight.
 "Take 'em apart" said lIenslcy.
 The church. builders turned over one of the logs and nervously removed Alf's stiti'ening fingers from Sims throat. Both men were dead. - Opie '. Ren1
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31
A KEEPER OF THE TRUTH.

X man, dressed in grcnsy ovoralls, went into newspaper office and askcd to sec the editor. When asked If the city editor ar some other man on tho force would not do as well, he replied that he had come on very important business, and must scc the cditor-in- chief When at last hls persistence had forced nD entrance into the room where great policies were outlined, .he editor said
 "You were determined to sec mo now, as quickly as possible, state your business"
 "All right, sir. 1 like your paper, and want you To have chance oi saying something that will startle the country. For some time have been engineer at Grayson's mill |"
 "Well, but what have to do with thatG"
 "Just hold on minute. This morning the boiler explodcd"
 "Go to the city editor If you want to hand in piece of news"
 "I thought that would give you $ chance to write 4 startling editorial"
 "EdltorIai the deuce We have such accidents nearly every day"
 No, you don't. Just give me a chance to get done, and you will thank me. No one was killed when this boiler exploded"
 "That's nothing strange"
 "And," continued the visitor, "no one would have been hurt had the boiler exploded five minutes before 1t did"
 A strange expression settled upon the e.iitOr's face. "Will you please repeat that7" he asked.
 "I say that TO one would have bsen hurt had the explosion occurred i've minutes before it did. All other ex- piosions that I ever heard of would have bcen five times as disastrous if they had occurred short time before, for a party of young ladies or com- mittee of gentlemen, or some import ant personage had Of course just left the mill when the explosion oc- cured"
 Tine editors eyes had grown won- dsrfuIiy bright. My dear friend" said be, "dear because you have cho- snn me to be the original recipient of this great piece of intelligence, lead on, and will follow you. A man with such glorious appreciation of the truth is rare jewel. Come, sit down beside me, that l may feel your presence as write. Stay by me, gen. tie keeper of the truth, for my mind L stirred up, and I fain woud muse."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31

yore shoes UT you nlout slip off,"
 Alf-Oh, Pm rough shod. Sim Peters, I ken whip you with my left hand"
 Sim-"Thst's whut you said some time ago, but when got to pushin' putty hard you tuck two hands, an woulder tuck three ef you'd had 'em."
 Alf-"If l did take two hands 1t wuz becaze l forgot myself"
 Sim-"No, think it wuz beoaxe you recollected yourself. Gentlemen, aint had no peace fur good while, on account of this yere feller. Ever'whar go find that he has been thar just befo' me, givin' it out that he ken make me climb tree UT go down ina sink hole, an I'll tell you what's fack, eff this sorter talk ain't stopped, somebody's goin' down into hole never to come out ag'in."
 Alf-"Who wuz it that snapped pistol at me last fall? Who wuz it that flung hatchet at me one day when wuz drunk?"
 Sim-'T ain't on the witness stand"
 Alf-"You wouldn't tell the truth eff you wuz."
 Sim-"Ef the truth wuz told about you the folks would run you outen the neighborhood."
 Alf-"That mout be, but nobody never hung my daddy"
 Old Summers-"Come, Ali, don't talk thater way"
 Sim-"My daddy wuz hung-hung by the bushwhackers, am yore daddy, Ali Featherson, wuz the scoundrel that tied the rope"
 Alf-"An' they tell me that he put up mighty fine job. But that ain't got nuthin' to do with the pint in question. l said that ken whup you with my left hand"
 Old Summers-"Now, boys, we don't want any fghtin' here; do we, Brother Hensley?"
 Brother Hensley-"Wall, l b'ievc that under the circumstances we mout ez well have little. Neither one uv these fellers is any account, an 1t would be good thing fur the neigh borhood ef they wuz both out uv the way. l say let 'em fight"
 Ali (to Hensley)-"An' will you see that nobody interferes?"
 Hensley-"Yes."
 Alf-"Not even ef I am about to kill him?"
 Hensley--"Not as long as you only use your left hand, as you agreed to do."
 Sim-"I'll see that he don't use none but his left ham"
 Ali stood with his right hand rest ing on a stump. Sim, after remark ing that he would sec that Ali used none but his left hand, silly took up a broad-axe, and, with a lightning like blow, chopped off Airs right hand. The hand rolled off the stump and fell upon the ground. The church builders stood as if stupefed. An expression of horror settled upon Ais face. He made no outcry. He held up his right arm as though he would examine his wrist. Blood spurted in his face. Sim stood waiting for him. "Only your left hand this time," said he. Ali sprang upon him and caught him by the throat.
 "Part lem! part 'em", shouted old Summers.
 "Hands ofw exclaimed Hensley. "One hands of, at any rate. Just stan back, TOW, gentlemen, aR let lem have it out. The community hain't got nothiH at stake"
 Ali choked Sim down to the ground -choked him down between two logs.
 "Part lem, for heavens sakew old Summers pleaded.
 "stop-let lem alone," Hensley de- manded. "He@ven ain't got nothin' at | stake here"
 He'll bleed to death, Brother Hensley."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31

Men who bite of more than they can chew are no worse of than those who want to chew more than they can bite oG.-Buylksgton Free Pres.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31

have committed his character to mem- ory, and even then we often misquote him.
 What shall I write witi.?." exclaims novelist. "Shall I use my golden pen to-day, or shall 1 write with a pencil?" It makes no difference whether you employ pen or pencil. Character is drawn by the picturing acuteness of the brain, and not by the implement which you hold in hand. Very poor sentences are written with gold pens; good thoughts are often set down with stubbed pencil that looks as though it might have been chewed by calf. Perhaps it has perhaps the writer chewed it while trying to think of the thought.
 Young lady (to mother)-T would like so much to see 'She'"
 Mother (with look of surprise)- My daughter, what can you be think ing of to make such mistake. Nom- inative she, possessive her or hers, ob- jective her. Consequently you would like to see her."
 Daughter-"You don't understand. Mr. Rider Haggard's-"
 Mother (decisively)-"It doesn't make any difference to you what MT. Rider Haggard says or does. If he has been led into making an error it is no reason you should be-"
 One of the leading London editors remarked that he might, during six months, omit even mention of Amer ica and not hear a single complaint from his subscribers. Colonel J. AL sop Griddell, editor and proprietor of the West Bayou Cypress Knee, hear ing of this contemptuous utterance, 'threw of" the following editorial |: "Your subscribers wouldn't kick if you didn't even mention this country, eh? Now, let us say that you are afflicted with fatty degeneration of the head. Do you reckon the people of this, Hardrow county, care whether you mention their affairs or not? Do you suppose that we are kept on a constant strain to see whether or not your opinion of us expressed? Our farmers are in good condition, sir. Our corn crop was first rate, and while our cotton crop might have been better, yet we have seen worse. This county, sir, is on the high road to prosperity. A new bridge has been built over West Fork creek, and our scrip, which was once low spir- ited, is now worth forty three cents on the dollar. And yet you insinuate that such prosperity is not worthy of mention in your paper. Why, we'll bet an overcoat that is nearly as good as new and suit of jeans clothes that your paper ain't very we'll known, nohow. Bet that you haven't got i've subscribers in this county. If this county owes you any ything, why don't you present your bill? We are holding out many inducements to inn migrants, and your slam is uncalled for. When you find yourself in our community, drop in on us, and we'll convince you of few things that you do not seem at present able to under stand. We can, with strain, put up with crank, but we haven't got any use for fool. If this language is a little too tough for you, parbile it"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31

She-"And you don't like big dogs, Mir. De Garmo?"
 He-"No, can't say have very much love for them"
 She-"But they have such large hearts"
 He-"It isn't their hearts I object to it's their mouths. "- Tid- Bits.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31

A Bore To His Friends. turn down this street; there comes Smith"
 @Don't you want to meet him?"
 "No: he has just bought a horse. |" -Haypey's Bdzdr.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31
LIM WINGS.

We do not know man until we have committed his character to mem- ory, and even then we often misquote him.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-31

A place for scalds-the iand of Burns.-Neso Fork Morning Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-07
TYPE-sETT1Ne, IN JArAN.
The Compost RS Race A bout Looking
for etters n a Long Box.

The Compost RS Race bout Looking
for etters n Long Box.
From the Pail MAJ Gazette
The office of the Nichi Nicnf Sitinbur, a
japanese newspaper, is thus described: The
features of the Shinbun office'was its type
case-for there was only one of body type
And such a type case. 1t is divided, for
utility, into two sections, sloping toward an
alley feet wide. Each section is fee
wide by 80 feet long, by 80 feet. There's a
new case for you! This is divided into small
compartments or boxes, into which the type
is laid in regular piles, several piles in box,
with faces all toward the compositors
mostly boys, big and little. Each holds q
wooden ''stick," with brass rule The uyne
are all of a size; the ''stickn is not set to the
measure of the column, which is twenty
ems plea, but to about half the measure, it
being the business Of the other worlImen TO
impose the lines in columns, take proof and
make up forms. Now, then, the type-set-
ting. Armei with sticks and rule and
copy, the dozen compositors read the last in
an earnest, slng-song way. each rushing to
some box, far OF near, for the needed letter
then back ten or twelvesfeet to the needed
one; all are on the lively move, rushing
and skipping to and fro, right and left, up
and down, chase. balance to partners,
o"liiS pIV vi iVso up DttShs SllGlilB
the copy, catching one letter here. another
there, prancing and lodging, humming and
slipping-a promenade cotillion, Virginia
ell racquet, and all hands around upon
the same floor at the same time, and the
same dancers in each--a perfect maze of
noise and confusion, yet OFT Of confusion
bringing printed order! 1t was sight to
be seen. Glow many different characters
are there In this case anyhow?n was asked
our guide. Then our guide asked tho print
ers, and none could answer better than say:
Nobody knows, sir Nobody knows
many thousand" Later on we1epeated the
same question to a more Intelligent person,
who said: cat least 10000" That will ac-
count for the remarkable size of the case
and the racing to and fro of the compost
tors. Just why they intone their copy all
the while was not made so clear other than
the remark that it was the custom Toxic
monopolizes the japanese newspaper bust
ness, there being only one other point
Kofu-in eastern Japan where newspapers
are printed. The masses of the people are
able to read in their own way, but com
paratively few can grasp, the full flow of
Chinese characters. In point Of illiteracy
the statistics place this nation at only per
cent. or next to Bavaria, which is the
lowest on the list. Ji hos"
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Keeping House for Little Money.

Letter to the Editor Of the London Daily Nelcs.
AS the women are accused of being the
chief spendthrifts in household, may | say
that for the first ten years of married life
kept house for the two of us on los. weekly
mo rent to pay, for as thrifty people we
bought our house before we mariied) The
distress and suffering witnessed in many
cases of middle-aged and elderly people
through unexpected casualties determined
me. Now we have little fear, because the
future is provided for. We have had
all the necessaries, many of the comforts,
and some of the luxuries of life, and the
husband has alwas had the little
extras that men, under all circumstances,
seem to expect. AS one of your cor
respondents states, thousands live on less.
1t Is not the clamorous for charity that
suffer most, and such should be met with
caution in giving. Let US help the sober,
the industrious. the clean, and the shrinkers
from public notice. Everything in the way
of necessaries is so wonderfully cheap that
nine-tenths of the industrious might have
enough if economy in little things were ex-
ercised The remaining tenth demand con-
tinuous self-depial on our part that their
bare wants may be supplied. AS we who
have tried abstemious living for our own
and Others good find it physically benefi-
cial. let us-even If there be no pecuniary
need for it--continue the habit that we
may give to him who needeth."
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